Nintendo Wins Another Patent Lawsuit

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U.S. District Judge Manuel Real puts down his gavel.

By Jim Reilly

Guardian Media Technologies patent infringement lawsuit brought upon Nintendo six months ago was thrown out by a U.S. Court District judge earlier this week. Guardian had claimed Nintendo's Wii console infringed against one of the companies own patents (U.S. Patent No. 4,930,158), which focuses on parental controls for video playback and recording.

"We are very pleased with the Court's decision," said Rick Flamm, Nintendo of America's senior vice president of Legal and general counsel in a press release. "Nintendo vigorously defends patent lawsuits. At the earliest stages of this case, Nintendo convinced the Court to dismiss this case as Guardian's patent had nothing to do with Nintendo's products."